ION GNSS 2010 Call For Abstracts
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TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
General Chair
Prof. Naser El-Sheimy
The University of Calgary,
Canada
Program Chair
Patricia Doherty,
Boston College
Technical Chairs:
- Dr. John Betz, The MITRE Corporation
- Dr. Anthea Coster,
MIT Haystack Laboratory
- Dr. Didier Flament, European Space Agency, Belgium
- Deborah Lawrence, Federal Aviation Administration
- Martin Lopez,Overlook Systems
Technologies
- Dr. Alexander Mitelman, Cambridge Silicon Radio,
Sweden
- Dr. Mark Petovello,
The University of Calgary,
Canada
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ION GNSS 2010 TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Military GPS and Host Application Integrations for Robust PNT Solutions
This session explores GPS technologies and host application integrated solutions that increase the availability, integrity, and exclusivity of war
fighter positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) without total reliance on GPS. Consideration is given to signal interference and mitigations, augmentations, and alternative and backup PNT technologies and sensors.
Co-chairs:
Maj. Robert Frank, U.S. Air Force GPS Wing
Peter Hunter, Overlook Systems Technologies
Requirements and Certification of Military Aircraft for Global Operations
This session explores the requirements and certification issues for safely flying military aircraft, including unmanned air vehicles, in global operations. It includes general airspace as well as approach and landing, and seeks to identify airworthiness certification issues of military GPS and related equipment.
Co-chairs:
Karl L. Kovach, The Aerospace Corporation
John Stevenson, QinetiQ, UK
NATO Military PNT & Navwar, Part I & Part II (Invited Papers Only)
The Chairman and Vice-Chairman/Secretary of the Navigation Sub-Committee (SC/8) of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will lead two sessions comprised of papers invited from the SC/8 member nations. To kick-off the sessions, an overview of the NATO and SC/8 organizational structures and missions and of the SC/8 positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) and navigation warfare (Navwar) activities will be presented. Then, member nations will present invited papers showcasing their military systems and associated research, development, test and evaluation projects for PNT and Navwar.
Co-chairs:
Raymond Swider, Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration
Jean-Philippe Saulay, NATO HQ Consultation, Command & Control Staff
Integrating System Capabilities at the GPS Wing (Invited Papers Only)
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is simultaneously a system in sustainment and a new system in development. This session will discuss the System Engineering (SE) required to specify, integrate and test the new capabilities defined in the GPS III Capability Development Document: how it differs from SE used to develop and deploy other large systems and how the next generation of GPS will be integrated and tested to deploy new functionality while ensuring continuity of service availability users expect. Invited papers will include topics related to system integration and test, e.g., capabilities integration planning, integrated system test, operational test, and multi-service operational test and evaluation.
Co-chairs:
Lt. Col. James Lake, U.S. Air Force GPS Wing
Frederick Roberts, Science Applications International Corporation
GPS and Galileo Interoperability for Military Use
This session explores the potential interoperability of GPS and Galileo for possible military use. This session considers only the technical aspects of integrating GPS and Galileo. It does not consider governmental policy issues.
Co-chairs:
Maj. Kamil Balwar, (Invited) Ministry of Defence, Czech Republic
Pascal Campagne, France Développement Conseil, France
Statistical Signal Processing
Novel algorithmic approaches for improved GNSS signal processing, including characterization of prevailing signal environments, Bayesian methods, stochastic error modeling, and robust methods for signal detection.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Sanjeev Gunawardena, Ohio University
Dr. Sean McKenna, The MITRE Corporation
Software Receivers
Flexible receiver architectures for GNSS receivers. Receiver implementations using general-purpose processors, DSPs, or reconfigurable Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Unique approaches to GNSS software receivers, including performance improvements under constraints on memory, processor availability, and analog and digital bandwidth. Coexistence with other radios and host-based applications.
Co-chairs:
Per-Ludvig Normark, Cambridge Silicon Radio, Sweden
Timo Jokitalo, Fastrax, Finland
GNSS Simulation and Testing
Design of hardware and software for laboratory and real-world testing of all aspects of GNSS receiver performance, both in the laboratory and under real-world conditions. Novel approaches to quantifying error contributions of test equipment, estimating limits of characterization accuracy, and improving confidence bounds. Design and validation of comprehensive but time- and resource-efficient test suites. In-field testing of GNSS applications.
Co-chairs:
Jeff Martin, Spirent Federal
Paul Benshoof, 746th Test Squadron
New Product Announcements
Announcements and descriptions of new or substantially enhanced existing GNSS products, including receivers, integrated multi-sensor navigation systems, test and simulation products, GNSS-based services, software and analytical tools, and system building blocks.
Co-chairs:
Alan Cameron, GPS World Magazine
Michael Swiek, U.S. GPS Industry Council
GNSS Algorithms and Methods 1 & 2
GNSS algorithms not unique to hardware or software architectures, but applicable at the receiver level. Novel approaches involving multiple signals, including GNSS and auxiliary terrestrial ranging sources. Algorithms for receivers using antenna arrays. Techniques for improved acquisition, tracking and accuracy, particularly under challenging conditions including the presence of signal distortions or in-band and near-band interference. High-precision and high-integrity strategies and associated applications.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Mathieu Joerger, Illinois Institute of Technology
Dr. Tsung-Yu Chiou, MediaTek, Inc.
Dr. Keith F. McDonald, The MITRE Corporation
Dr. Gonzalo Seco Granados, Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Precise Point Positioning and Network RTK
High-precision static and kinematic positioning techniques. Strategies for extended range carrier-phase-based positioning. Network-based carrier phase RTK algorithms and methods, including virtual reference stations, functional models and novel numerical approaches. Reference station issues including estimation of bias, latency, real-time control and long-term monitoring. New applications and performance analysis of permanent reference station installations. Algorithms and methods for improving the performance of PPP techniques.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Kyle O’Keefe, University of Calgary, Canada
Dr. Donghyun Kim, University of New Brunswick, Canada
GNSS Ground Based Augmentation Systems (GBAS)
Developments in GBAS, and Ground Based Regional Augmentation Systems (GRAS) augmentation systems. Accuracy, integrity, continuity, and availability performance for various architectures and applications, including requirements, compliance, verification, and data-analysis considerations. User and ground segment equipment design, reference station siting and commissioning, user integration, and bench, ground, or flight testing. Integrity monitoring techniques and performance, including software tools. Interoperability among augmentation systems (e.g. GBAS with SBAS ranging, GBAS with integrated inertial, transitions between GBAS, SBAS and RAIM/FDE etc.). GBAS Systems design, status and plans.
Co-chairs:
Jason Burns, Federal Aviation Administration
Matt Harris, Boeing
GNSS Space Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS)
Developments in SBAS augmentation systems (WAAS, EGNOS, GAGAN, MSAS). Accuracy, integrity, continuity, and availability performance for various architectures and applications, including requirements, compliance, verification, and data-analysis considerations. User and ground segment equipment design, reference station siting, system certification and commissioning, user integration, and ground, sea, and flight testing. Integrity monitoring techniques and performance, including software tools. Augmentation of current constellations (GPS and GLONASS) as well as plans for extension to support future GNSS developments (Galileo, and/or QZSS satellites). Interoperability among SBAS augmentation systems (differences in operations, performance). SBAS Systems design, status and plans.
Co-chairs:
Laurent Azoulai, Airbus, France
Dr. John Studenny, CMC Electronics, Inc., Canada
Next Generation GNSS Integrity for Aviation
Concepts and developments associated with integrity in the context of enhanced or developing GNSS systems. Papers concerning Multi-constellation FDE/RAIM algorithms, purpose built integrity services (e.g. Galileo SOL service), and advanced methods for multi-signal, multi-constellation, multi-sensor integrity monitoring. Requirements for and performance of advanced integrity monitoring algorithms. Requirements allocations between core satellite systems, augmentation systems and users for integrity in a multi-constellation/signal environment. Challenges associated with interoperability given the expected proliferation of options for integrity monitoring with future GNSS.
Co-chairs:
Deane Bunce, Federal Aviation Administration
Dr. Todd Walter, Stanford University
Aviation Applications
The use of GNSS for civil and military aviation, including future GNSS requirements for aviation. Integration of GNSS receivers into aircraft and flight testing of GNSS applications. Aircraft based processing, including integrity monitoring (RAIM/FDE) and integration with other sensors (e.g. GPS/INS, baro, radar altimeter) to support aviation requirements. Use of GNSS positioning to support non-traditional navigation functions (e.g. ADS-B surveillance, Ground Proximity Warning Systems, noise abatement procedures etc.). Satellite navigation technology applications for Air Traffic Management and airport surface navigation and guidance.
Co-chairs:
Randy Kenagry, Aviation Management Associates
Jennifer Campbell, Innovative Solutions International
RAIM and/or Multi-Constellation RAIM
Status of Galileo integrity concept. Algorithms and performance of RAIM based on multiple constellations. Definition and refinement of integrity user equations.
Co-chairs:
Boubeker Belabbas, DLR, German Aerospace Center, Germany
Dr. Boris Pervan, Illinois Institute of Technology
Enhanced and Developing Systems
Future capabilities, performances and applications of GNSS systems and associated augmentation schemes; covering both the systems under development (GALILEO, QZSS, COMPASS and IRNSS) as well as those already well established (GPS and GLONASS) where new flight models are offering new signals and new features. Also addressing R&D related to the envisaged evolution of the new GNSS systems. Papers discussing the challenges of achieving interoperability and compatibility between GPS, GALILEO, QZSS, GLONASS, SBAS, IRNSS, COMPASS, and other satellite navigation systems or augmentations.
Co-chairs:
Prof. Per Enge, Stanford University
Young Shin Park, Stanford University
Timing & Scientific Applications
Precise time synchronization and clock research including advanced high-performance clocks, developments in clock technology, time transfer and synchronization, and performance in terms of accuracy, integrity, availability and service continuity. Applications of emerging clock technologies in positioning and navigation. Applications of GNSS in the earth sciences — geodesy, geodynamics, oceanography, etc. including signal reflection and occultation studies.
Co-chairs:
Prof. Richard B. Langley, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Dr. Eric Phelps, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Surveying and Geodesy
High accuracy applications of GNSS. Advances and performance benefits due to multi-system (GPS,GLONASS and upcoming GALILEO) use for applications in surveying and geodesy. Monitoring and maintenance of terrestrial reference frames. Link between ITRS and national datums. Advances in instrumentation and observation techniques. Geotechnical monitoring, e.g. crustal deformation, landslides, coastal processes, etc. Sensor fusion for precise vehicle positioning and machine guidance.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Robert Weber, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Dr. Andria Bilich, National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
Remote Sensing With GNSS & Integrated Sensors
Concepts and advanced algorithms related to remote sensing using GNSS and GNSS augmented by other sensors and systems. Topics of interest include GNSS bi-static radars; wireless sensor networks; experience with direct georeferencing in airborne laser scanning, digital photogrammetry and synthetic aperture radar applications; precise trajectory determination; innovations and new concepts in digital maps, geographic information systems (GIS) and geophysical navigation concepts that take advantage of the correlation to the earth’s topography, gravity and magnetic features; GNSS and Earth observation; GNSS and weather data collection.
Co-chairs:
Dr. José Caro Ramón, GMV, Spain
Prof. James Garrison, Purdue University
Space Applications
Contributions related to navigation and scientific applications of GNSS in space missions are invited. This includes such diverse areas as precise orbit determination, formation flying, launch vehicle tracking, HEO/GEO and Cis-lunar navigation, and spacecraft attitude determination as well as gravimetry, timing, radio occultations or reflectometry, and weak-signal detection. Papers addressing the specific problems of spaceborne receiver and antenna systems as well as ground based validation and performance testing are likewise welcome.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Oliver Montenbruck, DLR, German Aerospace Center, Germany
Dr. Suneel Sheikh, ASTER Labs, Inc.
Marine Navigation
Marine applications. Navigation and positioning systems operating, in a marine environment, including, vertical positioning in hydrography and ocean modeling, waterway navigation, harbor entrance/, approach (HEA), port entry and docking, ocean and harbor control of vessels, and, precision berthing operations. Context includes using GPS to replace tide gauges, determining vertical positioning of water surface and ocean floor, vessel tracking, marine archaeology, off-shore construction, exploration, drilling and dredging, search and rescue, fishing, and recreation.
Co-chairs:
Dr. David Dodd, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Dr. Gene Terray, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Atmospheric Sciences
Ionospheric and atmospheric experimental observations of disturbances on GNSS during minimum and maximum solar activity; multi-instrument approach for ionospheric perturbation monitoring and investigation; ionospheric irregularities and scintillation models, countermeasures and mitigation techniques, services of warnings, prediction and forecasting of atmospheric disturbances on GNSS; establishment or enlargement of network for monitoring polar and equatorial atmospheric disturbances on GNSS.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Gary Bust, Atmospheric & Space Technology Associates (ASTRA)
Dr. Giorgiana De Franceschi, Upper Atmosphere Physics Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy
Galileo System Design and Services, GPS/Galileo Interoperability
GPS/Galileo Interoperability, GPS/Galileo L1/E1 optimization, mutual interference modeling and measurements, vulnerability analysis, and radio-frequency compatibility. Galileo system design, space segment design, ground mission segment, ground control segment design, Galileo communications networks and security design. Galileo satellite test beds (GSTB V2 and test ranges). Integration, verification and validation of Space, Ground and User Segments including component qualification and acceptance testing. Galileo operations, constellation management and replenishment strategies. Early service capability and related performance. IOV to FOC transition.
Co-chairs:
Stefano Binda, ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands
Dr. Christoph Guenther, DLR, German Aerospace Center, Germany
GPS and GLONASS Modernization and Other Emerging GNSS (GALILEO, QZSS, IRNSS, COMPASS)
This session welcomes papers on new civil and military capabilities and performance, including integrity and accuracy improvement concepts for GPS and GLONASS modernization and other emerging GNSS systems. Services provided by these systems are of particular interest including: open and authorized services, search and rescue services and commercial services. Other topics may include compatibility and interoperability aspects related to signals and frequencies; modernized constellations characteristics; ground control and monitoring segments; user equipment architecture and design; integration with regional augmentation systems; and use of those modernized and new systems to support future applications.
Co-chairs:
Sergey Karutin, Russia Space Systems, Russia
Dr. Frederic Bastide, European Commission, Belgium
Integrity Monitoring for Next Generation Applications
This session addresses the impacts of increasingly demanding requirements, new signals and future global navigation satellite systems on integrity monitoring. Topics include multi-frequency and multi-constellation pseudo-range and carrier phase FD/FDE algorithms; failure modes and models; residual error characterisation and alternative distributions; advanced integrity concepts including Relative RAIM (RRAIM) and flexible integrity (covering various user needs), combined ground/space, ground/user and ground/space/user techniques; integrity monitoring for emerging and new mission critical non-aviation applications; reduced constellation integrity algorithms; future requirements for augmentation with terrestrial systems/sensors.
Co-chairs:
Prof. Washington Ochieng, Imperial College London, UK
Jean-Christophe Levy, Thales Alenia Space, France
Multi-Constellation User Receivers
Design of the multi-constellation (GPS/Galileo/GLONASS/COMPASS/QZSS/IGNSS) user receivers, signal acquisition and tracking design and analysis, and innovative processing (BOC, MBOC, ALTBOC tracking). Operational concepts for multi-frequency/multi-constellation receivers. Methods, technology and algorithms for digital processing of wideband signals in hardware and software in a multi-constellation context. Hardware and software, emerging technologies, risk areas. RF design for various frequencies front end. Dynamic reconfiguration of receivers upon interference or loss of one constellation. Hardware and software, emerging technologies, risk areas. RF design for various frequencies front end. Receivers and markets. Particular examples of manufactured MCR for different applications, commercial and technical results.
Co-chairs:
Peter Grognard, Septentrio Satellite Navigation, Belgium
Neil Gerein, NovAtel, Inc., Canada
Regulatory Service Applications (Road user Charging, etc.)
Use of GNSS in regulated applications. Topics of special interest are: identification and analysis of applications requirements, in particular, performances, technical solutions as well as standardization, legislation and certification aspects associated to the mentioned regulatory service applications. Results of operational systems or dedicated trials are also of major interest. Identification of novel regulatory applications is encouraged together with analyses of how those applications may drive the evolution of GNSS systems. Specific development, compliance verification and validation procedures related to toll roads billing, verifiable mechanical load/stress to roadway imposed by transport vehicles – vehicle specific pollution emissions – speed limit monitoring – maritime route adherence verification - robust monitoring of route adherence. Solutions tolerant to unavailability of GNSS signals occurring by accident or intent. Enclosed structures Position, Velocity and Time (PVT) state monitoring – tunnels (situational awareness in general and especially in the event of emergencies, search and rescue); PVT state monitoring for Femtocell wireless device deployments; Electric power grid monitoring and control by PVT; Canal operations, barge traffic management by PVT means; Hazardous materials transport. Regulatory mechanisms (rewards for verified vehicle compliance with speed limits and proper separation between vehicles, etc.).
Co-chairs:
Peter F. MacDoran, Loctronix, Corporation
Joaquin Cosmen, GMV, Spain
Consumer Applications
The market segments or applications with great improvements on productivity, efficiency, advanced features, and extended application scope after location aiding. Topics would include how the market segments or applications are improved after location aiding; what technologies are needed with addressing the new requirements on location technology; location technology advancements addressing location available anytime and anywhere, the trade-off of power consumption, performance and cost, hybrid systems with GNSS, wireless and physical sensors, embedded/autonomous versus network-based data delivery and services such as mapping and assisted-GNSS. The topics can further extended to the new applications of GNSS to the internet of things, the mobile device with cloud computing.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Shaowei Han, Unicore Communications, Inc., China
Dr. Jari Syrjarinne, Nokia, Inc., Finland
Urban and Indoor Navigation Technology
New or improved technologies, methods and algorithms for providing high accuracy in practical indoor and urban scenarios using GNSS and other sensors. Experimental results, models and analysis of radio propagation in real environments, extraction of precise ranging measurements from weak and impaired signals due to attenuation, multipath and/or changing environmental topology. GNSS signal channel characterization.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Daniele Borio, University of Calgary, Canada
Dr. Farshid Alizadeh, Skyhook Wireless
Land Based Applications
Concepts, algorithms, requirements, performance and operational experience in the use of navigation, mapping and timing systems for road, rail, and engineering applications. GNSS augmented with application-specific sensors or sensor configurations. Example applications include integrated vehicle guidance, advanced driver assistance and collision avoidance, improving fuel economy, odometry, road tolling, liability issues associated with commercial delivery of positioning services, precision farming and industrial applications, mobile mapping and GIS data acquisition.
Co-chairs:
Sandra Kennedy, NovAtel Inc., Canada
Dr. Chaminda Basnayake, General Motors Research & Development
Pedestrian Navigation
Novel algorithms and methods of positioning pedestrians in realistic operational environments. Identifying and adapting to different operational modes including walking, running, backwards motion, crawling and athletic events. Use of novel sensors and/or the effect of sensor placement on the body. New concepts and algorithms for step detection, sensor calibration and reliability measures.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Jan Skaloud, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Prof. Helena Leppäkoski, Tampere University, Finland
Portable Navigation Devices
Innovative applications derived from the integration of GNSS into application-specific and multi-role Portable Navigation Devices and the relevant issues. Topics would include size, power and cost considerations and trade-offs, time to first fix, integration with other EM functionality on a given unit, interference mitigation, RF and magnetic shielding, and comparisons of autonomous and network-based approaches. New or different strategies for implementing assisted-GNSS methods.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Mahesh Chowdhary, SiRF Technology, Inc./CSR
Dr. Jari Syrjarinne, Nokia, Inc., Finland
Autonomous Vehicles
Use of GNSS and complementary technologies in the development and operation of vehicles with an autonomous guidance element. Novel and innovative applications for the use of autonomous vehicles, including surveillance, search and rescue in an emergency locator, human hazardous or similar situations, assistance for the visually or physically impaired, and formation flying/positioning. Assessment and improvements in solution reliability in operational environments.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Changdon Kee, Seoul National University, South Korea
Dr. Jason Rife, Tufts University
LBS Technology and Applications
Role of GNSS and related sensors to Location Based Services. Novel LBS applications for commercial and business use. Use of dedicated infrastructure such as UWB and WLAN and issues regarding transitioning to/from/between different service volumes. Approaches for handling communication security issues including user anonymity. Maintenance of mapping and related information.
Co-chairs:
Dr. Heidi Kuusniemi, Finnish
Geodetic Institute, Finland
Christopher
Wilson, Tele Atlas
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Abstracts should be submitted electronically via ION’s Web site no later than March 12, 2010. Go to the Online Abstract Submission Form. Complete all fields, and submit the form.
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Student Paper Awards will be awarded on a competitive
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GNSS proceedings.
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